PSY 230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Eleanor Maccoby, Gender Role, Motor Coordination
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Gender and development (13. 1 and 13. 2 on test 4/4/14) Instrumental traits describe individuals who act on the world, and are usually associated with males. Expressive traits describe individuals who value interpersonal relationships, and are usually associated with females. Learning gender stereotypes: by age 4, children have substantial knowledge of gender-stereotypic activities. During elementary school they come to know gender-stereotypic traits and behaviors: older children also understand that traits and occupations associated with males have higher social status and that stereotypes are not necessarily binding. In the psychology of sex differences, published in 1974, eleanor maccoby and carol. Jacklin concluded that males and females differed in only 4 areas: verbal ability, spatial ability, math achievement, and aggression. Differences in physical development and behavior: boys tend to be bigger, stronger, and more active than girls, who tend to have better fine- motor coordination and to be healthier.
